Visvaksena-samhita [sanskrit]

33,819 words | ISBN-13: 9788179070383

The Sanskrit text of the Visvaksena-samhita, an ancient Vaishnava Agama, belonging to the Pancaratra tradition. An important topic discussed in the Samhita is that Aniruddha created Brahma and Brahma created all the men and women of the four castes. Visvaksena (lit. “lord of hosts”) is a sort of chief minister to God in all heavenly and mundane affairs. Alternative titles: Viśvaksenāsaṃhitā (विश्वक्सेनासंहिता), Viśvaksenā-saṃhitā (विश्वक्सेना-संहिता), Vishvaksenasamhita, Vishvaksena, Visvaksenasamhita.

Verse 36.107

यथोक्तकारी मतिमान् कुशलः सर्वकर्मसु ।
पूर्वकारी च तद्वंश्यः तच्छिष्यो वा प्रशिष्यकः ॥ 107 ॥

yathoktakārī matimān kuśalaḥ sarvakarmasu |
pūrvakārī ca tadvaṃśyaḥ tacchiṣyo vā praśiṣyakaḥ || 107 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 36.107 is contained in the book The Pancaratra Agamas (an Introduction) by Swami Harshananda. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (36.107). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yathokta, Kari, Karin, Matimat, Kushala, Sarvakarman, Shi, Tat, Tad, Shishya, Prashishya, Prashis,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 36.107). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “yathoktakārī matimān kuśalaḥ sarvakarmasu
  • yathokta -
  • yathokta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yathokta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kārī -
  • kārī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    kāri (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kāri (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kārin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • matimān -
  • matimat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kuśalaḥ -
  • kuśala (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sarvakarmasu -
  • sarvakarman (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    sarvakarman (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • Line 2: “ pūrvakārī ca tadvaṃśyaḥ tacchiṣyo praśiṣyakaḥ
  • Cannot analyse *pūrvakārī*ca
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tadvaṃ -
  • tadvan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
  • śya -
  • śi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    śī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    śī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    śā (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • aḥ -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • tacch -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • śiṣyo* -
  • śiṣya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śās -> śiṣya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śās class 2 verb]
    śiṣ -> śiṣya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śiṣ class 10 verb]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • praśiṣya -
  • praśiṣya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    praśis (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • akaḥ -
  • kṛ (verb class 1)
    [aorist active second single], [aorist active third single]
    kṛ (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active second single], [imperfect active third single], [aorist active second single], [aorist active third single]
    kṛ (verb class 5)
    [aorist active second single], [aorist active third single]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [aorist active second single], [aorist active third single]
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